Western swing

Western swing
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1920s–1930s, Southwestern United States
Derivative forms
  • Neotraditional country
Fusion genres

Western swing, also known as country jazz, is a subgenre of country music.[1][2][3] The music is a combination of rural, cowboy, polka, early Honky Tonk, old-time, Dixieland jazz, and blues mixed with swing.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Boyd, Jazz of the Southwest, p. ix-x.
  2. ↑ Townsend, San Antonio Rose, p. 63: "Without exception, every former member of Wills's band interviewed for this study concluded, as Wills himself did, that what they were playing was always closer in music, lyrics, and style to jazz and swing that any other genre."
  3. ↑ Price, "Jazz Guitar and Western Swing", p. 81.
  4. ↑ Price, "Jazz Guitar and Western Swing", p. 82.
  5. ↑ "Merle Travis on 'Western Swing'". JEMF Quarterly. 16 (57): 215–216. Spring 1980. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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